Democracy and Pluralism in Muslim Eurasia

by Ro'i,Yaacov; Ro'i,Yaacov

• ISBN13: 9780714652252
• ISBN10: 0714652253
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Muslim states that have come into being from the ruins of the Soviet Union, and the Muslim areas of Russia, are striving to carve out a future for themselves in the face of new realities. In addition to international constraints, they find themselves caught between two complex legacies: on the one hand, that of Russian and Soviet periods--colonialism, russification, de-islamicization, centralization and communism; on the other, that of the period prior to the Russian conquest--localism, tribalism and Islam. The interaction and contradictions within each category, and between them, form the essence of the struggle to formulate new identities. The problems this book describes reflect these legacies in a wide range of fields. They indicate the anomalies that were created by the inconsistencies in Soviet imperialism vis-a-vis its Muslim subject nations, and the injustice and distortions resulting from policies which emanated from a remote and insensitive center.

Table of Contents

Preface

Glossary

Introduction

Historical Background

The Democratic Tradition of Kazakhstan in Historical Context

Elements of Democracy in Dagestan on the Eve of the Russian Conquest

The Challenge of Belonging: The muslims of late imperial Russia and the contested terrain of identity and gender

The Hidden Dialogue on Constitutionalism between the Russian Provisional Government and the Khivan Democracy in 1917

Potential Pressure Points

Aid and Ideas: The impact of western economic support on the Muslim successor states

Islam in the FSU: An inevitable impediment to democracy?

Muslim Successor States

Authoritarian Pathways in Central Asia: A comparison of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan

The Formation of Political Parties and Movements in Central

The Price of Stability: Kazakhstani control mechanisms under conditions of cultural and demographic bipolarity

Liberalization in Kyrgyzstan: 'An Island of Democracy'

Political Clans and Political Conflicts in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan

Linguistic Policy and the Process of Democratization in Uzbekistan

Opposition in Tajikistan: Pro et contra

Democracy and Civil Society Building in Independent Azerbaijan: Irrevocable changes or temporary diversion?

Muslim Regions of the Russian Federation

Post-Soviet Tatarstan: Democratic strains in the ideological evolution of the Tatar National Movement

Nation-Building and Minority Rights in Post-Soviet Russia: The Case of Bashkortostan

The Political Process in Dagestan: Prospects for Democracy

Democracy and Pluralism in Muslim Eurasia

Ethnic Relations and Democratic Transition in the North-Western Caucasus

Democratic Values and Political Reality in Chechnya, 1991-1999

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